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Description

Our Custom Made 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire

Items

1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire

Body Wood

Ash

Neck Wood

Maple

Construction

Bolt-on

Fingerboard

Maple

Inlays

Dots Inlay

Scale Length

25.5"

Frets

21

Pickups

S

Controls

1 Volume 1 Tone, 3-way Switch

Bridge

Standard Tele Bridge

Finish

White Blonde (Nitrocellulose Lacquer Finish))

String

D'Addario

Hardware

Chrome Hardware

About the original Jeff Beck Esquire Relic

When Jeff Beck started his short tenure in The Yardbirds in 1965, he didn’t actually have a guitar to call his own and had to loan the band’s red Tele for early gigs.

Beck played various Telecasters from that point onwards but was put off by the rosewood fingerboards featured on Fender’s new models: “I wanted a maple neck. And the only one I ever saw belonged to John Walker from the Walker Brothers... He wanted £75 – only about £10 cheaper than a brand new one. But he wouldn’t shift.”

Beck bought the guitar anyway – actually a 1954 Esquire rather than a Tele – and set about modifying his new purchase by adding a black scratchplate and replacing the rusted steel saddles with brass ones from another guitar. The Esquire’s peculiar, Strat-like contours sanded into the front and back were actually there before Jeff acquired it.

Fender offered a limited edition, 150-guitar run of the legendary Esquire in 2006, With the original in hand, every single nick, scratch, stain, and cigarette burn has been meticulously duplicated down to the smallest detail and the end result is, well, downright spooky! There's no way that any rational person would look at this guitar and think it was built in the 21st Century, that's how accurate it is. Even the tarnish on the metal parts looks spot-on authentic!

Our Replicated 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire

Look, the odds of a 1954 Fender Esquire turning up for sale today are about zero. The closest we will ever get to owning one is with this once-in-a-lifetime Limited Edition guitar. But considering the fact that Fender is only building 150 of them, this is guaranteed to be a precious commodity somewhere down the road. Even you are lucky enough to find one, the price will be sky-high. Few people can afford it.

In the past years, many of our customers also talked about the guitars with us, and hope we can make replicas of it. So to realize their dreams, we launched the 1954 Fender Esquire guitars. Our replicated relic guitars are made with-worn spots, nicks, scratches, rusty hardware, and aged plastic parts and so on, all these features are very detail exactly with the original relic guitar.

All guitars in our custom shop are created by the craftsmen who are famous worldwide. Besides, we also have some professional tuners who are specially responsible for testing and tuning guitars' tone. Every guitar before shipping, we repeately test and tune to make sure it is nearest to the original one in tone. So you can be assured about the quality...

If you are looking for a guitar like this now, don't pass it by...

More info about our replicated 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire

Like the original 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire, our replicated guitar is a flawless recreation of the guitar Beck used in his early recordings with The Yardbirds. Every scratch, ding, nick, and cigarette burn is accurate right down to the tiniest detail. Your first question will be, “How did you do that?” Even the tarnish and wear on the metal parts look authentic. Nobody would look at this instrument and believe it was built in the 21st Century!

All our replicated 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire is painted with nitrocellulose lacquer like the originals. The nitrocellulose lacquer finish, which is thinner than modern polyurethane finishes, will allow this ash body to sing loud and clear.

Our replicated 1954 Jeff Beck Relic Esquire is simply phenomenal! With a great sound! Very well built and sounds like a rock guitar should. It cuts through very well and plays very fast because of the special neck. Very NICE!

Of course, about relic effect, every people have his own idea. our relic is surely not the best. But you can send us your present pictures, and also can send us your idea, we can specially make it for you according to your requirements. As we are a custom shop, our aim is to give you everything you need to make a personalizing custom guitar.

About Painting-Nitrocellulose lacquer

When talking about lacquer used in the guitars making, there are mainly two kinds, including polyurethane lacquer and nitrocellulose lacquer. But the most special is nitrocellulose lacquer. Nitrocellulose lacquer has more advantages than Polyurethane lacquer, like quick-drying, tough film, abrasion, high chemicas and water resistance. Regardless of past, present or future, only high-quality, expensive guitars use this kind of lacquer.

Therefore, we pay great attention to painting when making the Jeff Beck Esquire Relic Guitars. Just as the original guitar, the Nitrocellulose lacquer finish is applied, sanded, and buffed by hand; namely, more care is put into the finishing process. This extra care is intended to make the guitars look like gently aged and well-cared-for vintage guitars. Nitrocellulose lacquer helps the guitars 'breathe' better and won't affect the guitar's shock, therefore to resonate and sustain more freely, making them much better instruments.

But, as we all know, when using, Nitrocellulose lacquer needs painting and sanding repeatedly, for more than dozens of times. This process often do great harm to painters. But polyurethane lacquer just needs painting and sanding for just few times. Therefore, guitars painted with Nitrocellulose lacquer will be higher than other guitars, pls understand!

About Pickups

It is worth mentioning that the pickups we select are Wilkinson pickups. We have to admit that Wilkinson pickups are not as good as the original pickups. But they are more attractive in quality and price, saving much money for our customers. Most of our customers reflected the pickups are beyond their imagination, stable and reliable enough!

Of course! If you insist on the original pickups, and we can find them on the market, and can afford it. We are pleasant to install the original pickups for your guitars. But the price will be much higher than guitars with Willinson pickups. Be prepared!

Fender Relic Guitars Wall

Here you can see some other Fender Relic Guitars. If you are a fan of them, you can customize any one here in our custom shop. It is our pleasure to realize your guitar dream.

Like any kinds of custom guitars, who knows what kind of relic guitars you prefer to? Absoultely only you!

It’s your individual tastes and imagination, any kinds of relic styles, heavy relic, slight relic, or any others, they are all up to you. Making a Relic Guitar can be as simple as making small changes to one of our existing models, also can be as complex as creating a complete new design that exists only in your vision. With access to the world’s most respected and experienced luthiers, our custom shop can literally turn your dreams into reality.

As a professional guitar custom shop, our aim is to try our best to make a personalizing custom guitar for you. You can send us your present pictures, also can tell us your ideals or anything others, we will make it for you!

Our Relic Custom Service

Our relic department has just set up, and these relic products were made for display in a hurry. Many details of them may be not perfect yet, so welcome your criticism on them at any time. Besides, some details are limited by time, instead of our ability. To show our sincerity, when placing orders on relic guitars, all customers can just pay a small part of deposit (even just $10 is ok). Then We can carefully make it according to your requests, repeatly check with you about details, modify and make progress...until meet your satisfaction. Don't be afraid to bring us troubles. Our customer service staff and other workers are pleasant to exchange with our customers, as they can learn new knowledge and get some exercise from the process.

Besides, to make the best Relic Guitars for you, we specially employ some professional craftsmen to be responaible for this part. All these craftsmen have been engaged in this field for most of their lives and are talented and experienced in the field of musical instruments. So you can trust our guitars' quality.

If you don’t like the guitar above and you want a guitar dreamed for so long,what to do? It’s so easy,please send the picture and the parameters of the guitar you want.We only need Pics and specs, and we can make the guitar same with your original guitar. You wonder learn Why? Pls click here to find the answer. Send your dream guitar pics and specs to us, let us make it come true together.

All the guitars we built are based on our customers’ requests. There are so many different options for you to choose if you don’t want a standard one, you can check our custom shop for the details. The best way to go about obtaining this information for you is to contact us and let us know what you’re looking for. We can discuss these options and figure out what is the best for you. Your business is important to us and we want to provide you with the best customer service we are capable of. We want this to be the best guitar-buying experience you’ve ever had.

Notice For All Buyers:

Thank you for your attention. Here are something you might want to know about this guitar.

1. This guitar is available in both right handed and left handed version. Even it is not showing in lefty version, we still able to customize this guitar in left handed for you. You just have to tell us when you place the order.

2. If you want to place the order, just send us email, we will help you to place your customize order.

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